diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index aef1171617..a269795630 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app
 go 1.20
 
 require (
-	github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.15.0
+	github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.16.0
 	github.com/celestiaorg/quantum-gravity-bridge v1.3.0
 	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.11.6
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 65f2582b61..8fb96694d8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ github.com/celestiaorg/cosmos-sdk v1.13.0-sdk-v0.46.11 h1:Rd5EvJx1nG3KurBspVN51R
 github.com/celestiaorg/cosmos-sdk v1.13.0-sdk-v0.46.11/go.mod h1:xCG6OUkJy5KUMEg20Zk010lra9XjkmKS3+bk0wp7bd8=
 github.com/celestiaorg/merkletree v0.0.0-20210714075610-a84dc3ddbbe4 h1:CJdIpo8n5MFP2MwK0gSRcOVlDlFdQJO1p+FqdxYzmvc=
 github.com/celestiaorg/merkletree v0.0.0-20210714075610-a84dc3ddbbe4/go.mod h1:fzuHnhzj1pUygGz+1ZkB3uQbEUL4htqCGJ4Qs2LwMZA=
-github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.15.0 h1:ID9QlMIeP6WK/iiGcfnYLu2qqVIq0UYe/dc3TVPt6EA=
-github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.15.0/go.mod h1:GfwIvQPhUakn1modWxJ+rv8dUjJzuXg5H+MLFM1o7nY=
+github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.16.0 h1:4CX6d1Uwf1C+tGcAWskPve0HCDTnI4Ey8ffjiDwcGH0=
+github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.16.0/go.mod h1:GfwIvQPhUakn1modWxJ+rv8dUjJzuXg5H+MLFM1o7nY=
 github.com/celestiaorg/quantum-gravity-bridge v1.3.0 h1:9zPIp7w1FWfkPnn16y3S4FpFLnQtS7rm81CUVcHEts0=
 github.com/celestiaorg/quantum-gravity-bridge v1.3.0/go.mod h1:6WOajINTDEUXpSj5UZzod16UZ96ZVB/rFNKyM+Mt1gI=
 github.com/celestiaorg/rsmt2d v0.9.0 h1:kon78I748ZqjNzI8OAqPN+2EImuZuanj/6gTh8brX3o=
diff --git a/pkg/wrapper/nmt_wrapper_test.go b/pkg/wrapper/nmt_wrapper_test.go
index 092550c608..38d00a6c2f 100644
--- a/pkg/wrapper/nmt_wrapper_test.go
+++ b/pkg/wrapper/nmt_wrapper_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app/pkg/namespace"
 	appns "github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app/pkg/namespace"
 	"github.com/celestiaorg/nmt"
+	nmtnamespace "github.com/celestiaorg/nmt/namespace"
 	"github.com/celestiaorg/rsmt2d"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	tmrand "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/rand"
@@ -71,6 +72,22 @@ func TestRootErasuredNamespacedMerkleTree(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotEqual(t, rootStandard, rootErasured)
 }
 
+// TestErasuredNamespacedMerkleTreeEmptyRoot checks that the root of an empty erasured NMT is always the same
+func TestErasuredNamespacedMerkleTreeEmptyRoot(t *testing.T) {
+	// set up a first tree with some parameters
+	tree1 := NewErasuredNamespacedMerkleTree(1, 0)
+	r1, err := tree1.Root()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// set up a second tree with different parameters
+	tree2 := NewErasuredNamespacedMerkleTree(2, 1)
+	r2, err := tree2.Root()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// as they are empty, the roots should be the same
+	assert.True(t, bytes.Equal(r1, r2))
+}
+
 func TestErasureNamespacedMerkleTreePushErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	squareSize := 16
 
@@ -149,3 +166,34 @@ func generateRandNamespacedRawData(count int) (result [][]byte) {
 func sortByteArrays(src [][]byte) {
 	sort.Slice(src, func(i, j int) bool { return bytes.Compare(src[i], src[j]) < 0 })
 }
+
+// TestErasuredNamespacedMerkleTree_ProveRange checks that the proof returned by the ProveRange for all the shares within the erasured data is non-empty.
+func TestErasuredNamespacedMerkleTree_ProveRange(t *testing.T) {
+	for sqaureSize := 1; sqaureSize <= 16; sqaureSize++ {
+		tree := NewErasuredNamespacedMerkleTree(uint64(sqaureSize), 0, nmt.IgnoreMaxNamespace(true))
+		data := generateErasuredData(t, sqaureSize, appconsts.DefaultCodec())
+		for _, d := range data {
+			err := tree.Push(d)
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+		}
+
+		root, err := tree.Root()
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		// iterate over all the shares and check that the proof is non-empty and can be verified
+		for i := 0; i < len(data); i++ {
+			proof, err := tree.ProveRange(i, i+1)
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.NotEmpty(t, proof.Nodes())
+			assert.False(t, proof.IsEmptyProof())
+
+			var namespaceID nmtnamespace.ID
+			if i < sqaureSize {
+				namespaceID = data[i][:appconsts.NamespaceSize]
+			} else {
+				namespaceID = appns.ParitySharesNamespace.Bytes()
+			}
+			verfied := proof.VerifyInclusion(appconsts.NewBaseHashFunc(), namespaceID, [][]byte{data[i]}, root)
+			assert.True(t, verfied)
+		}
+	}
+}